Merger Mojo at Lenovo

Will the IBM server deal click?

International mergers and acquisitions are prone to hitches, even without taking into account language barriers and time differences. Companies have to proceed carefully when integrating new units, or they'll alienate the talent they've just paid for.

Lenovo Group, best known for buying IBM's personal-computer business in 2005, is hoping to close big deals for Google's cellphone unit and IBM's server division...